Search results for author “Steve Odart”
Filter by type:
Alfresco grows by over 100% in 2008I read with interest the following press release from Alfresco.I think John Powell sums it up nicely : “Alfresco has been able to grow and evolve the ECM market in this economy by not only continuously investing in our products and services, but by filling a critical need for companies that are shifting away from costly proprietary systems, recognizing the value of the open source business model and looking to make multi-year commitments to Alfresco technologies.
- Building an e-commerce platform on top of Alfresco
More and more of our clients are seeking to expand their online presence and as such we have received a number of requests from various clients to add an ecommerce platform on top of their installed Alfresco ECM platform.
- Ixxus – Globally Agile
I was pondering the other day how the profile of our client engagements has been changing over the past couple of years. It is now the case that probably over 50% of our projects are globally based, and yet the Ixxus team have barely batted an eyelid.
- Open source is years behind commercial products
Well that got my attention as a viewpoint! Especially as it was a Computerweekly.com article quoting the Socitm president Richard Steel.
I had been perusing the net to see what the reaction was to the recently announced government's policy on open source software , and came across this fascinating debate. I guess it struck a chord with me as it tends to be the common theme in my daily grind, working with organizations and companies that are considering whether or not to pursue an open source content management route.
- Replacing Open Text with Alfresco
Open Text clients are migrating to Alfresco, to avoid large Annual Support and Maintenance costs.
- The changing rhythm of Percussion in the UK
January delivered an interesting distraction to my normal day to day existence. I found myself suddenly knee deep in conversations and discussions with a whole host of Percussion folk that I had got to know over the years.
- The Golden Age of Open Source
I have already seen the change happen in the world of content management. As we came out of the summer of 2009, hard on the tail of a global economic meltdown, something changed in the take up of open source ECM in the blue chip arena of business. Our projects suddenly shifted from strategic, point solutions leveraging the open source model of Alfresco to become main stream, enterprise adoptions of Alfresco as a chosen, strategic enterprise content management platform across global corporations and organisations. Not just on one or two occasions, not just in one or two sectors, but across the board.
May 262010: The Miller Group Builds on Open Source Foundations with Alfresco
Today, Alfresco Software announced that The Miller Group, the UK’s largest privately owned House-building, Property Development and Construction Business, has selected Alfresco, the leading open source enterprise content management system, to provide it with a new content management system across its business. As an Alfresco Platinum Partner and chosen systems integrator, Ixxus was involved in the project from the beginning.
- UK Government says YES! to open source
Tom Watson MP – Minister for Digital Engagement, has released a detailed and forward thinking plan that should radically impact the procurement processes within the UK Public Sector.
